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CALABASH—It was an assembly-line operation last week at Turtle Crossing Cupcakes, only the participants weren’t baking cupcakes.

Business owner Kathy Cody, assisted by shop employee Kia Vandekolk and Kathy Barry, another Calabash businesswoman-turned-volunteer, were busy boxing up donated items to take to victims of Hurricane Sandy in the North.

“Everybody wanted to do something,” Barry said. “Nobody knew what to do.”

This November marks the 50th year The Brunswick Beacon has been serving Brunswick County.

To honor this milestone, the Beacon staff is hosting an open house from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, at the Beacon office. The Beacon is at 208 Smith Ave. in Shallotte, across the street from the post office.

There will be a brief ceremony starting at 4:15 p.m., but visitors can stop by anytime between 4-6 p.m.

There will be music provided by local bluegrass entertainers, as well as refreshments and cake.

CAROLINA SHORES—Work was slated to begin this week for upgrades at Carolina Shores Town Hall.

In his monthly report Monday at the town board of commissioners’ monthly workshop, town administrator Mike Hargett noted the scope of work for interior and exterior improvements has been adjusted based on recent board input.

Revised pricing from contractors, with a 10 percent contingency, has resulted in an increased cost of $8,000, with funding to transferred from the town’s general fund contingency to “town hall capital project.”

First thing Tuesday morning, a work crew from Whiteville began dismantling the aging Calabash Fire Department building on Persimmon Road. The department is making way for construction of a new station at the same site.

The new station will also take up land where the old Granny Allyn’s Restaurant stood at the corner of Persimmon and Thomasboro roads.

Several ceremonies are planned in the area for Veterans Day this Sunday, Nov. 11.

Several local government offices are also closed Monday, Nov. 12, in observance of the holiday. Calabash, Carolina Shores, Sunset Beach, Shallotte, Ocean Isle Beach and Holden Beach town halls will all be closed Monday.

SUNSET BEACH—The potential cost of developing and accessorizing the new Sunset Beach Park is estimated at a “worst-case” high of $826,000.

Greg Lambert, landscape architect for environmental consulting engineering firm Withers & Ravenel, said Monday night that figure was reflective of a “worst-case scenario” of needs and costs and that it could be less than that.